Bolton Wanderers team doctor Jonathan Tobin says midfielder Fabrice Muamba was in effect dead for 78 minutes Saturday before his heart started beating again after he collapsed on the field during the Tottenham-Bolton FA Cup match. Read the whole story

A veteran of two World Cups with one of the world's premier national teams doesn't often show up on the radar screens of MLS coaches and general managers, so the Chicago Fire moved quickly when German international defender Arne Friedrich expressed an interest in MLS. Read the whole story